Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Zvi Galil has been unanimously selected as the new president of Tel Aviv University in Israel, officials from the school confirmed Saturday night.

The presidential search committee announced its nomination Saturday night. Now Galil must be approved by the university’s senate on Wednesday and by its board of directors.

“The bottom line is that the fat lady has not sung,” Galil wrote in an e-mail.

If approved, he will replace former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Tel Aviv University professor Itamar Rabinovich in June.

According to The Jerusalem Post, the Tel Aviv University search committee chose Galil because of his “proven record of years of academic leadership and administrative abilities.”

Galil was one of seven candidates considered for the position, the Post reported. He earned his undergraduate degree at Tel Aviv University and began his teaching career at Tel Aviv University in 1976. Even after accepting a teaching position at Columbia, he commuted between Israel and the United States, teaching computer science both at Columbia and at Tel Aviv University.